What I learned: The discussion begins with the widely accepted statement "Education is beneficial for those who receive it." It then moves to the fact that there is simply a lack of sufficient evidence in poverty-stricken countries that have been examined to uphold this statement. It speaks of education being a long term investment. The rate of return in education is good. It speaks of the returns that come with education, that are proven to improve the quality of life and have a positive effect. The question is then raised "If most people know education is a good thing, why is attendance to school so low and why do people avoid education?" The answer is that they're thinking in the moment, in whats best for right now. They aren't thinking about what'll benefit them the most in the future. Parents tend to think of education as a tunnel. While you're in the education tunnel, nothing good will happen. When you come out, possibilities will be greatly increased. But it isn't until you come out of the tunnel that the opportunities present themselves to you. While you're in the tunnel, you're useless. The benefits of education aren't just the potential job at the end of the tunnel. The benefits are everything that can be learned and bettered within everyday life because of an ability to read and write and even think in better terms. Some parents refuse to put their children in school (or take them out soon after they enroll them) because they don't believe they're smart enough or they match up to their peers. This is actually a terrible predictor of how smart someone will be or how well they will do at such a young age. Stereotype threat, peer relationships, teachers, and educational policies all play a huge part as well.
How it relates: This relates to the same thing as the previous blog, since it's still on the topic of education. More specifically, however, if the small scale governments were to provide assistance to the educational systems, the things listed above would greatly assist them in knowing what to do. As previously mentioned, it is extremely difficult to implement a successful education system that has huge effects, but if (in my scenario) the Sudanese governments were able to help the education programs, this information could help them do so in an attractive manor.
Education is the key to most of the issues in the world in one way or another. How van we get a government like in Sudan to invest in education?
ReplyDeleteBefore a corrupt government such as the one in Sudan can engage in Education, the internal and fundamental aspects of the government must be altered and fixed first. Once legal and regulatory framework is implemented so that it's clear that the country can function successfully on its own, then I see it that education can be attended to.
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